60 minutes

Cold Case is an American hour-long fictional television show about a police division that specializes in investigating unsolved crimes. The show is set in the city of Philadelphia and first aired in September 2003.

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Usually, each episode would focus on a single investigation. All cases involved murders committed in Philadelphia, occasionally travel outside the city was required. Cases were also spread out over much of the previous century, with some as recent as a year or two old and others dating back to the 1910's.

The show was also distinguished by "double casting" in which the characters and witnesses would flash back and forth in the scene representing them as they looked at the time of the crime and in the present day.

Usually, each episode would focus on a single investigation. All cases involved murders committed in Philadelphia, occasionally travel outside the city was required. Cases were also spread out over much of the previous century, with some as recent as a year or two old and others dating back to the 1910's.

The show was also distinguished by "double casting" in which the characters and witnesses would flash back and forth in the scene representing them as they looked at the time of the crime and in the present day.